Farmers in Peru's Andean highlands have been consuming clay for centuries. Scientists now think it may have allowed them to eat wild potatoes, which are rich in toxic chemicals.

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He hypothesizes that early Andean inhabitants may have copied clay-eating parrots in the Colorado clay lick in southeastern Peru or other clay-eating animals, such as wild vicunas and guanacos, ...

Farmers in Peru's Andean highlands have been consuming clay for centuries. Scientists now think it may have allowed them to eat wild potatoes, which are rich in toxic chemicals.